Arrested terror suspects to be presented before Magistrate

Davanagere, Feb 1 (UNI) The suspected terrorists Riyazuddin alias Mohammad Ghouse and Asadulla Abubakar, arrested at Honnali in the district early this month, will be produced again before the Magistrate court tomorrow.

According to police sources, police from Karnataka, Hyderabad, Gujarat and Goa, interrogated the two during which Riyazuddin confessed that he was trained in Pakistan to carry out terror activities in India.

Police would be seeking extension of custody of Riyazuddin who was being interrogated in a police lock up in the town.

The police are also expected to seek the permission of the Magistrate to conduct nacro analysis tests of the accused to extract and corroborate more information.

Meanwhile, both Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh police have secured body warrant against Riyazuddin alias Mohammed Ghouse and Asadulla Abubakar. While the Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Bangalore Police want to take custody of Riyazuddin to interrogate into the LeT attack on IISc premises, in which a Delhi-Based Scientist M C Puri was killed, the Andhra Pradesh police want to crack the Mecca Masjid Blasts case in Hyderabad.

Riyazuddin also reportedly confessed during interrogation that he did meet the main person, responsible for the attack on IISc, Bangalore in October 2005 and that he was trained in using of sophisticated fire arms and bomb making.

The two suspects, were arrested by Honnali police were moving around the town in a motorcycle they had stolen in Goa and painted on it a slogan 'Crazy to Kill', had attracted the attention of the people before the police arrested them.

The duo, before being arrested by the police, had also reportedly travelled to many other towns and cities in coastal Karantaka looking for gullible boys who could be recruited for conducting disruptive activities across the country.

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